I recently purchased a starfish from a LPS store. It is a Marbled Fromia Star. When I got the starfish home, I made sure to drip acclimate him to my aquarium, and when placing him in the aquarium I moved him from the five gallon bucket to the tank inside of a plastic bag to avoid exposure to air. I placed him near the bottom of my tank and within 30 minutes he was up near the top with one leg up under the surface of the water and the other resting over my return line coming from the sump.
Two mornings ago I noticed my jebao pumps were not synchronized anymore and adjusted them. The water level in my tank dropped variably by about a half inch and one of the legs of my starfish were exposed to air for maybe 10 seconds. When I noticed this I moved him down in the tank, and he did not move from that corner for a few days.
Today when I left for class (5 am) he had some of his legs upturned, and seemed fine. I get home now, and one of my shrimp is picking at him! It looks as if two of the tips of his legs broke, and are hanging off by white tissue. I assumed he was lost by this point.
I put in some reef roids to feed my coral right before my lights came on, and he inverted his legs and exposed his little tube feet things!! What is going on with this guy?? I'm confused...
The tank I have has been established for a year, and before that it was a smaller tank that I upgraded from that had been running for 2 years.
Does anyone have any idea what happened to him or whats going on with him? (or her) The only thing I can think of is the short air exposure or the fact that he was on the sand bed (I'm not sure if this is bad). If anyone has any advice, please let me know.
Two mornings ago I noticed my jebao pumps were not synchronized anymore and adjusted them. The water level in my tank dropped variably by about a half inch and one of the legs of my starfish were exposed to air for maybe 10 seconds. When I noticed this I moved him down in the tank, and he did not move from that corner for a few days.
Today when I left for class (5 am) he had some of his legs upturned, and seemed fine. I get home now, and one of my shrimp is picking at him! It looks as if two of the tips of his legs broke, and are hanging off by white tissue. I assumed he was lost by this point.
I put in some reef roids to feed my coral right before my lights came on, and he inverted his legs and exposed his little tube feet things!! What is going on with this guy?? I'm confused...
The tank I have has been established for a year, and before that it was a smaller tank that I upgraded from that had been running for 2 years.
Does anyone have any idea what happened to him or whats going on with him? (or her) The only thing I can think of is the short air exposure or the fact that he was on the sand bed (I'm not sure if this is bad). If anyone has any advice, please let me know.
